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Brilliant Ideas: Rana Begum

Brilliant Ideas: Rana Begum Bloomberg’s Brilliant Ideas looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. We will feature top names and up-and-coming artists, the stars of tomorrow; painters, sculptors, digital, conceptual and performance artists, photographers, land and street artists. Bloomberg TV has covered the globe to talk with these artists in their studios and exhibition points. Through intimate conversations we reveal their Brilliant Ideas. Bangladeshi born, but British raised artist, Rana Begum, is best known for her minimalist, abstract sculpture. Whether it is her delicate wire structures or large-scale public installation, all her work ...

Brilliant Ideas: Yayoi Kusama Bloomberg’s Brilliant Ideas looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. We will feature top names and up-and-coming artists, the stars of tomorrow; painters, sculptors, digital, conceptual and performance artists, photographers, land and street artists. Bloomberg TV has covered the globe to talk with these artists in their studios and exhibition points. Through intimate conversations we reveal their Brilliant Ideas. Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is best known for her inexhaustible creations, involving polka-dots, pumpkins, and vibrant colours. Her love of design has seen her join forces with top fashion houses, ...

Magicarena After 2000 years of history, the Arena of Verona is celebrating the Centenary of its Opera Festival with Verdi’s AIDA by La Fura dels Baus. From rehearsals to the opening night, we follow the workers and artists who created the most famous operatic festival in the world. The background actress Marja, student of molecular biology. Filippo, the tireless Directors’ Assistant, with a passion for bel canto. The mime Marjolaine and Massimo, the trumpet player. Chief propman Marco, a failed singer. The veteran atmosphere actor Federico and the young Nadine, at her first role in the Choir. All of them ...

Brilliant Ideas: Abdoulaye Konate Bloomberg’s Brilliant Ideas looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. We will feature top names and up-and-coming artists, the stars of tomorrow; painters, sculptors, digital, conceptual and performance artists, photographers, land and street artists. Bloomberg TV has covered the globe to talk with these artists in their studios and exhibition points. Through intimate conversations we reveal their Brilliant Ideas. Abdulaye Konate is one of the world’s greatest artist. From Mali, west Africa. He works with textiles, a rich tradition in the region. many of his works are on a ...

Grayson Perry was born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1960. He shot to fame in 2003 when he won the prestigious Turner Prize, collecting the award wearing a lilac baby doll dress and red pumps. He is best known for his ceramic vases. ...

Cornelia Parker was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. She is one of the most original and inventive artists working in Britain today. Her wide-ranging practice, mainly in sculpture and installation, is rich with literary and visual allusions. ...

Michael was born in Ithaca, New York in 1966. Michael works in a range of media - painting, sculpture, video, installation and drawing. He is one of the most versatile and genre-defying artists working in the USA today. ...

Born 1962 in London, Yinka grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. He returned to study Fine Art in London, where he lives and work. Yinka explores big ideas - Empire, globalisation, money, war, race and class - with wit and exuberant colour. ...

Born in Tokyo in 1967, Mariko Mori burst onto the art scene in the 1990s. She has won international acclaim for her innovative multimedia works. Her early work mixed Japanese pop culture and manga imagery with high tech architecture and futuristic costumes. ...

Born in 1974, based in Bristol, UK. Luke Jerram creates sculptures, installations and large-scale public engagement artworks. Most recently his giant installation ‘Park and Slide’ in Bristol brought vast crowds to watch and take part. ...

Danny Lane was born in Urbana, Illinois in 1955. He moved to Maine in 1975 to study with Patrick Reyntiens, an artist working in stained glass. He moved to the UK in the 1980s and is based in west London. ...

Born in 1969 in London, Bharti moved to New Delhi in the early 1990s. Her work explores questions about contemporary life, class and consumerism in modern day India. ...

Born in 1952, Naples, Francesco is one of the most highly regarded painters in the world. He was central to the resurgence of painting in the 1980s. He has frequently worked in India, inspired by the country’s contemplative traditions. ...

Born in 1965, Ellen Gallagher burst onto the art scene in the mid-1990s. Ellen’s Irish and African-American origins have shaped the texture and subject matter of her work. ...

Born in 1955 in Barcelona, Jaume is an internationally acclaimed sculptor. The culture, streets and architecture of the Catalan capital have been a constant source of inspiration. He is best known for spectacular, figurative sculptures - often for public settings. ...

Born 1964 in Khagaul, Bihar, India. Subodh is a one of the most exciting, internationally renowned artists in India. He lives and works in New Delhi. He is best known for using commonplace objects in stunning and thought-provoking sculptures. ...

Born in 1968 in Mexico City, Abraham is a conceptual artist – best known for his work with found objects such as old furniture, wood, bottles, plastic, hair and feathers. He creates his work under the title autoconstrucción - or self-construction. ...

Born in Chicago in 1973, Theaster Gates is now one of the most talked about artists in the world. He is a visual artist, social activist, urban planner, musical performer and teacher. He is Professor in the Dept. of Visual Art at the University of Chicago. ...

Born in 1955 in Chongqing, China, Xu Bing is regarded as one of the heavyweights of Chinese contemporary art. Working in a wide range of media, Xu creates installations that question the idea of communicating meaning through language, demonstrating how both meanings and written words can be easily manipulated. ...

Born in 1964 in Seoul, South Korea, Lee Bul is considered one of the leading Korean artists of her generation. Displaying virtuosity across a wide range of media - from drawing and performance to sculpture, painting, installation and video. ...

Born in 1982 in Auckland, and based in Berlin, Simon Denny is widely recognised as one of most innovative young artists on the contemporary art scene. His intelligent, challenging work explores digital technology, corporate culture and state power. ...

Born in 1965 in China’s rural Henan Province, Zhang Huan was part of Beijing’s East Village community in the 1990s, during which he produced several performance pieces that would eventually mark him as a critical - and influential - figure in the history of contemporary art in China. ...

Born in 1962 in San Francisco, Diana has been a pioneering creator of video, film and installation art over the past 25 years. Her work explores the relationship between humans, animals, and ecosystems. ...

Born in London in 1977, Conrad is a leading British sculptor. His work lies on the border between engineering, geometry, physics and metaphysics, art and science. ...

Wangechi Mutu was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1972, and is now based in New York. She works in a range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. ...

Born in 1969, NS Harsha lives and works in Mysore, India. He is one of the leading artists of his generation. Drawing on a broad spectrum of Indian painting traditions, miniature painting, popular arts and western art, he creates luminous works that reflect on the modern world. ...

Heri Dono was born in 1960 in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is one of Indonesia’s best known contemporary artists. Heavily influenced by Javanese “wayang” theatre, comic books and animation, Heri’s works are characterized by his penchant for the fantastical and the absurd, populated by astonishing characters and strange juxtapositions. ...

Born in 1976 in Tehran, Ali Banisadr moved to America when he was a child. His works are influenced by his experiences as a refugee from the Iran-Iraq war and his approach to abstraction mixes memory, nostalgia and violence. ...

Born in 1955, Ahn Kyuchul is a Korean sculpture and installation artist, writer and teacher. He has taken a different path to the circle of Korean sculptors who mainly work on decorative art and monumental sculptures, preferring instead to work with mundane objects like the hammer, the door, the table. ...

Pioneer of Performance Art, Marina Abramović is one of the most acclaimed, remarkable and influential contemporary artists in the world today. Born in Belgrade in 1946, she pushes the boundaries of both body and mind in works such as the now-legendary ‘Rhythm 0’. ...

U-Ram Choe was born in 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. Life and movement have always been a part of U-ram’s work – from his early, rudimentary scuttling boxes, to the highly ornate metallic “organisms” that currently dominate his output, and for which he is best-known. ...

Michael Craig-Martin has always been a radical. In the 60’s & 70’s he was at the vanguard of conceptual art in Britain. In the 80’s and 90’s he nurtured a whole generation of rebellious young artists known as “Y-B-A’s”, he went on to change the face of contemporary art. ...

KAWS, real name Brian Donnelly, is considered one of the relevant artists of his generation. Born 1974 in New Jersey and now based in Brooklyn, his instantly recognisable aesthetic has attracted a devoted following of fans all over the world. ...

Gun powder is Cai Guo Qiang’s calling card, as the artist behind the fireworks displays of the Beijing Olympics, having also won the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Bienale, Cai Guo-Qiang stands today as a bona-fide rock-star in the world of arts. ...

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